The CIO Council’s first-ever governmentwide hiring fair had 30-plus agencies participate to fill cyber and IT positions.
Eddie Hartwig, the acting deputy administrator of U.S. Digital Service, said his office has changed its approach over the past year.
Jason Gray, the Education Department’s CIO and the co-chairman of the CIO Council’s IT Workforce Committee, said there are four main goals for the upcoming governmentwide hiring fair.
John Owens, the chief information officer of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, said automated tools and human analysis ensure software code is secure.
George DelPrete, the director of the Federal CIO Survey from the PSC and Grant Thornton, said those questioned online offered a different viewpoint than those surveyed in person.
Brian Burns, the Coast Guard’s acting chief information officer, said the service is on schedule to move to Windows 10 by March 2018.
Max Everett, the Energy Department's chief information officer, said the agency can help secure and improve the technology behind the Internet of Things.
Jennifer Kron, the acting chief information officer of the Intelligence Community up until Sept. 13, said the ICITE program is having a bigger impact on the IC than most realize.
Dave DeVries retired after 35 years in government including the last year as the chief information officer at OPM.
The University of Maryland University College wants to fill a void with a new Master’s program in cloud architecture and management.
Vincent Groh, the CIO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, said by moving to the cloud he cut MCC’s spending on data centers by half.
Rob Foster’s last day as the Department of Navy chief information officer is Aug. 18.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and the Federal Communications Commission are further along with using dev/ops to modernize applications in the cloud.
Todd Simpson, the chief information officer at the Food and Drug Administration, said its cloud advisory board and innovation lab work together to bring new capabilities to bear while also reducing costs and duplication.
Sean Torpey, the acting deputy assistant administrator for Information and Technology and acting chief information officer for the FAA, said the agency is swinging the spending pendulum from legacy IT to newer systems.